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What Are the Application Scenarios of Lifecycle Management?

You may configure lifecycle rules to:
  • Periodically delete logs that are only meant to be retained for a specific period of time (a week or a month).
  • Transition documents that are seldom accessed to the Infrequent Access or Archive storage class or delete them.

If you want to delete a large number of objects from a bucket, you can configure a lifecycle rule to automatically expire and delete the objects. Table 1 lists the parameters for configuring such a lifecycle rule on OBS Console.

Table 1 Parameters for deletion upon expiration

Parameter

Value

Status

Enable

Rule Name

Example: rule-delete

Prefix

Optional.

  • If this parameter is configured, objects with the specified prefix will be deleted in a batch.
  • If this parameter is not configured, all objects in the bucket will be deleted.

Current Version

Delete Objects After (Days)

1 day

Historical Version

Delete Objects After (Days)

1 day

One day later, objects in the bucket are successfully deleted based on the rule. If you no longer need this lifecycle rule, you can disable it or delete it.